A rare genetic disorder robbed 4-year-old Maya Nieder of her sight and the ability to run, as well as severely diminishing her ability to hear.  For three and a half years, she endured multiple doctors visits and two major operations, yet her condition remained a mystery. Fortunately for the Nieders, the Rare Genomics Institute (RGI) has instituted the practice of nonprofit […]

Who has the most power now in fundraising? It’s the donor. Not just the major gifts anymore, but the small gifts too because of the power of social fundraising. One of the fastest growing reasons why people donate to charities is because their friends and family asked them to. Social fundraising has skyrocketed in this time […]

Your fundraising idea needs to be as simple as possible. If it’s not, then you’re setting yourself up for an uphill battle. Crafting a story, writing content, and recruiting supporters is going to be exponentially more difficult for complex ideas. Here’s why simple wins: 1. You’ll have a clear call to action so that supporters […]

The landscape for philanthropy is moving faster than ever before, and the way you run your nonprofit today may not work tomorrow. We found three major trends occurring in online philanthropy that will affect how you operate this decade. These trends are economic, social, and technological. Economic trends Because of the recent recession, donations during 2008 […]

“CauseVox helped us make our first online fundraising campaign a very successful experience.“ ~ Jerry Starr, Executive Director About Jewish Family Service Jewish Family Service of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties is a non-profit, non-sectarian social service agency whose mission is to preserve and strengthen the quality of individual, family and community life based on […]

“With CauseVox, we were able to focus on helping children with rare diseases connect with researchers and not worry about building a fundraising platform. It has saved us hundreds of hours and still give our families a beautiful and easy way to raise funds.” ~ Dr. Jimmy Lin, Rare Genomics Institute About Rare Genomics Institute […]

The Online Giving Study found that the branding and personality of your fundraising page makes a double-digit difference in the amount of donations you get. Donors not only give 15% more to branded fundraising pages, but they give 38% more over time! What’s a branded fundraising page? A charity-branded donation page is integrated with the charity’s website. […]

We love browsing through some of our successful fundraisers and their appeals. We ran across Autism Science Foundation’s recent fundraising campaign and one of their supporter’s fundraising appeals. With assistance from BC/DC Ideas, a communications and fundraising agency dedicated to supporting nonprofits, their supporter came up with the high performing appeal, linked below. What made […]

We love it when nonprofits use us to create beautiful branded fundraising pages. Trickle Up, a nonprofit that fights poverty, found a creative way to integrate CauseVox into their website. When you go to their donation page, you’ll see a large call to action called MyCircle. They give a short description of what MyCircle is […]

One of the easiest ways to “wow” your donors and supporters is to use a background image or pattern that tells your story visually. We know finding the right image or the right pattern can be difficult, but we’re excited to share a resource where you can download professionally designed patterns — all for free. […]